Material Quotes

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Moral disarmament is to safeguard the future; material disarmament is to save for the present, that there may be a future to safeguard. — Elihu Root
Uranium is the raw material of a power-elite who has taken Mother Earth's every living creature hostage. — Petra Kelly
In striving for the best, in losing onself in others, one is lifted above the common material furniture of life, above the gaudy trappings and… — Olympia Brown
The new material fits very comfortably with the older stuff. — Kathy Valentine
I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I… — Andrew Carnegie
Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind; nor can the material senses bear reliable testimony on the subject of health. — Mary Baker Eddy
The provision of basic material needs is not sufficient to make minority groups and indigenous peoples feel they are truly part of the greater national… — Aung San Suu Kyi
Those who wait for God are pilgrim souls that have no tie that will hold them when the definite command is issued; no prejudices that… — G. Campbell Morgan
Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to see something in another country… — Ed Pastor
The power of material things, to bestow happiness, to bring joy into the life is tremendously exaggerated. But The right mental attitude for example gratitude… — Orison Swett Marden
Demon mean knowledge in Greek, especially about the material world. Science means knowledge in Latin. A jurisdictional dispute is exposed, even if we look no… — Carl Sagan
Animal experiments occupy a central place in the material and spiritual edifice of our whole civilization. We are speaking here of one of those foundation… — Rudolf Bahro
That's a nice tie... Do you have any knickers in that material? — Prince Philip
The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion, — George Inness
I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the… — Ai Weiwei
The idea to use backpacks came from my visit to Sichuan after the earthquake in May 2008. During the earthquake many schools collapsed. Thousands of… — Ai Weiwei
Proust, more perspicaciously than any other writer, reminds us that the 'walks' of childhood form the raw material of our intelligence. — Bruce Chatwin
I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, Iâ€™m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely… — Al Yankovic
A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day. — Adam Sedgwick
The Catholic church is the biggest financial power,Â Â Â wealth accumulator and property owner in existence. She is aÂ Â Â greater possessor of… — Avro Manhattan

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